Articles: Meet the BirdWorm!

[WordPress] Meet the Petz Breed: The BirdWorm!

Original Post Date: 2024-07-14

Twelve worm-like creatures in Petz. Each has a unique colour: red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, purple, pink, white, black, tan, and dusty.

Default AC Name: Kafka

Hexed From: Egyptian Mau

Reasoning: I wanted a bird-like creature based on my favourite fetus of all time, the TK. (You can tell because the breed’s short form name in the LNZ is still TK – to be fair, I’m pretty sure the Black + White Shorthair is BW.)

Variations: Twelve! (red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue-grey, purple, pink, white, black, tan, and dusty)

Ivy's Fave: Blue-175 with yellow-161 eyes

Other Notes:

If I had a nickel for every breed I’ve made that is based on an enemy from a Radical Entertainment-produced Crash Bandicoot game, I’d have two nickels. The Maskbunnies are one, and this guy is the other, based on the TK from Crash: Mind over Mutant.

The concept art and model of the TK from Crash: Mind Over Mutant, a small fetus-like bird contained within a blue bubble with limbs.

I always used to make TKs out of pompoms. Hell, I have one sitting next to me as I write this.

A TK from Crash: Mind Over Mutant created out of pompoms. It is a grey, fetus-like bird with no limbs, white eyes, and an orange beak.

The grey-blue variant is based on the original TK, while the other twelve are either based on other pompom TKs I made (such as the yellow, pink, and black ones) or just for fun. (The default name, Kafka, was the name of one of the first pompom TKs I made.)

Being legless and earless, they can do some funky things when bred with other catz… And their babies’ proportions are accurate to the “top-heavy naked baby bird” vibe.

A baby BirdWorm in Petz, with its eyes closed. It is greyish-pink and has a very large head.

I might make them look a bit more like the actual TK, maybe removing the pupils or making them a bit more obscured, increasing the size of the eyes, and shrinking the beak? If I do, I’ll release a Breed Update.


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